Sunday, September 22, 2013

Rev. Branch takes the bones of the old hymn "Farther Along" and creates a new, profoundly personal composition in this undated recording for the Rainbow Gospel Hour we've titled "We'll Understand It By and By."

Andrew Biscontini points the covered wagon west from NYC to make his first Comic Fest appearance and beat the drum for his visionary novel nu luna.
They're joined by novelist and musician Henry Baum (Oscar Caliber Gun, The American Book of Dead series) and writer Kate Danley (The Woodcutter, Maggie For Hire).

We had a blast last year, and 2013 promises to be even better. Check out Comic Fest's website for full details of the event.

Kaylin, a "writer's writer" whose contributions to men's adventure pulps spanned all three decades of the mags' colorful history, will be known to readers of our Weasels Ripped My Flesh! anthology from the pair of unforgettable Kaylin yarns included there. (And if you're not already a Weasels reader, what are you waiting for?)

He-Men, Bag Men & Nymphos delivers hundreds of pages of classic Kaylin, stories that set the standard for excess, ingenuity and outrageousness in men's pulps and made him both a readers' favorite and the envy of fellow men's adventure scribes like Mario Puzo, John Bowers and Bruce Jay Friedman.

The great Walter Kaylin is finally given his due in this rich, eclectic collection of his most memorable work, presented by MensPulpMags.com's Robert Deis and New Texture's Wyatt Doyle.

There is more to say about Walter Kaylin — much more. But for now, we'll let the cover do the talking.

Monday, September 2, 2013

New Texture writers Andrew Biscontini (nu luna) and Wyatt Doyle (Stop Requested, Weasels Ripped My Flesh!) join novelist Kate Danley (The Woodcutter, Maggie For Hire) for a free-form, open conversation about genre fiction, creative writing and independent publishing — and a generous helping of no-nonsense advice on seeing your creative work through to completion and putting it into print.

Pre-order signed books from the shop; purchases will ship to mail order customers following the event. Plenty of parking on Brand or in the lot behind the shop. Event starts at 7 pm; admission is free.

I WATCHED THEM EAT ME ALIVE

The Men's Adventure Library's I Watched Them Eat Me Alive collects pulse-pounding pulp fiction and outrageous illustration art of man vs. beast in vivid full color! Edited by Robert Deis and Wyatt Doyle, it's available as a 106-page softcover for just $9.95, and in a deluxe, expanded 126-page hardcover edition for $24.95. The expanded hardcover includes work by pantheon men’s adventure artist Samson Pollen and a long-lost tale of bloodthirsty crustaceans by SFWA Grand Master Robert Silverberg! Get it here.

THE LAST COLORING BOOK

MAP OF THE MOON EP

Map of the Moon delivers a volatile mix of zero-gravity noise pop and moon rock. Blissed, hazy shoegaze transmissions from space, synth rock and direct hi-energy indie pop, with uptempo rock and roll coming through on re-entry. Get the EP here.

BARBARIANS ON BIKES

Barbarians on Bikes is a different kind of release from The Men's Adventure Library. Oversized and all artwork, this one-of-a-kind visual archive rounds up three decades of vintage pulp magazine art featuring rowdy motorcycle action and outlaw biker gangs, most unseen since their original publication. With history and context by editors Robert Deis and Wyatt Doyle, plus an afterword by crime novelist Paul Bishop. The deluxe hardcover edition includes an additional 20 pages of biker pulp art. Barbarians on Bikes is big, bad, and untamed. Can you handle the ride?Buy it here.

SIXTY, GODDAMMIT

Josh Alan’s first album in 15 years. Can you dig it? Atomic acoustic blues-funk-rock. Sixty, Goddammit? Ya damn right.

A HANDFUL OF HELL

New from the Men's Adventure Library, editors Robert Deis and Wyatt Doyle present A Handful of Hell by Robert F. Dorr.

Aviator, diplomat, and historian, Dorr was uniquely qualified to write for men’s adventure magazines, bringing sweat-and-blood, nuts-and-bolts authenticity to his stories of risk, combat, and sacrifice. Best known today for his highly regarded historical works, Dorr’s stories for the men’s pulps also drew from jaw-dropping true accounts, as action-packed as any imagined by his hard-boiled peers.

DOLLAR HALLOWEEN

Photographs by Wyatt Doyle, author of Stop Requested.

Every year, faces of death crowd the aisles of dollar stores: Skeletons, ghouls, and rubber body parts, all manufactured cheaply overseas and designed and destined for the homes of the working poor of Los Angeles and elsewhere. The result of several years' work for photographer Doyle, Dollar Halloween is a catalog of the annual exhibition.

I'VE GOT HEAVEN ON MY MIND

You don't have to have faith to love Reverend Raymond Branch! I've Got Heaven on My Mind features twelve contemplative, inspirational recordings, including a cover of the Velvet Underground's "Jesus," composed by Lou Reed for the band's eponymous 1967 LP.

I've Got Heaven on My Mind is recorded and mixed by Todd Burke, and is produced by Wyatt Doyle and Mike McGonigal. All sales go directly to Rev. Branch's service efforts in the community.

TEACHER TALES

For 40 years, Mr. Kessler has taught English in the Philadelphia school system the way he knows best: Keeping his head down, not making waves, and counting down the minutes before he's home enjoying a few generously poured martinis. But a series of new acquaintances and bad decisions in his final year before retirement brings his world crashing down around him--tragically and hilariously.

Teacher Tales, the savagely funny debut from novelist Richard Adelman, is available now. Buy it here.

CRYPTOZOOLOGY ANTHOLOGY

From the Men's Adventure Library, CRYPTOZOOLOGY ANTHOLOGY tears into 13 long-lost tales of fist-to-claw encounters with Bigfoot, sea monsters, the Yeti, and cryptids both notorious and obscure. With contributions from luminaries like Sir Arthur C. Clarke and John Keel, plus full-color reproductions of pulp artwork that accompanied the stories' original publication in classic men's adventure magazines.

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